Armenian soldier charged with premeditated murder of co-serviceman

September 10, 2011 - 13:24 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 9, the general court of Armenia’s Syunik province granted an arrest warrant for 2 officers detained in the case of Armenian army soldier Aghasi Abrahamyan’s death.

The officers were charged with misuse of authority, administrative dereliction in accordance with article 375 of Armenian Criminal Code, stipulating for 2-13 years of imprisonment.

In the framework of investigation into Armenian soldier Hayk Mkrtchyan’s death, his co-serviceman Lendrush Nazlukhanyan was accused of premeditated murder in accordance with article 104 of Armenian Criminal Code, stipulating for 6-12 years of imprisonment.

Previously, Nazlukhanyan was charged with careless handling of weapon resulting in a death, in accordance with article 373.3 of Armenian Criminal Code, stipulating for 3-7 years of imprisonment.

On August 26, Aghasi Abrahamyan, born 1992, was brought unconscious to a military hospital, where he died later. Later, medical examination resealed marks of violence on the soldier’s body.

In the morning of September 7, Armenian serviceman Hayk Mkrtchyan, born 1992, died from a gunshot wound, inflicted by fellow serviceman Lendrush Nazlukhanyan, while on military duty on the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijani armed forces.